Improvement in corn-shellers



E. F. SHERMAN.

Corn Sheller.

No. 57,393. u Patented Aug. 21, 1866.

UNITED STATES PATENT CEE-ICE.

E. F. SHERMAN, OF CHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-SHELLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,393, d ated August 21, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, E. F. SHERMAN, .of Chicopee Falls, Hampden county, Gommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Corn-Sheller; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings, Figurel 1 is a plan view of my improved sheller, and Fig. 2 a cross-scction through the same.

In construction this invention consists of a cylinder, A, hung in a suitable frame, B, and studded with teeth a a. This cylinder is hung on journals b b, so as to revolve. In connection with this I use the case or bonnet C, partially surrounding the cylinder, and also studded on the inside with teeth. Thiscase or bonnet is hung tothe sprin g Datthe top,which is attached to the side pieces, dd, which are adjustable atec by means of the set-screws h h, working in slot 7c 7c. At the lower end it is hung on the spring E, which is adjustable inward toward the cylinder by means ofthe slotted pieces ff, fastened by means of the set-screws g g, and also the pressure of the spring may be regulated by means of the set-screw Z. I also place the belt F on the rollers G for the purpose of feeding the ears of corn to the sheller; and the ledges H I-I are formed on this belt for the purpose of holding the same on and carrying them up to the opening between the cylinder and bonnet. I can alsol attach a hopper for holding the corn above this belt, as shown by the red lines.

rlhe operation of my invention is as follows: The bonnet C being adjusted the proper distance from the cylinder, the cylinder is then revolved by turning the crank, or it may be turned by power applied at the same place by means of a pulley. Motion is communicated to the feed-belt F by the belt o and pulley p. Corn in the ear being then put on the feedbelt or in the hopper, the cylinder is revolved and the corn scraped or torn oi' from the cob while passing through the space between the cylinder' and bonnet and falls into the trough M. Over this trough I sometimes place a separator, (not shown in the drawiugs,) consisting of a wire sieve coarse enough to allow the corn to pass through, but which holds the cobs.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the cylinder A, bonnet C, teeth a, belt F F, pulleys G G, and trough M, arranged and operating substantially as described.

E. F. SHERMAN.

Witnesses:

H. E. MUNN, J AMES RENNEY. 

